Rural Intelligence (Page 623)

Wellness

Destination Detox: Hudson, NY

Hudson has gone through a number of transformations as a destination spot since being chartered as a city in 1785. In its earliest days, it was the port of call for whaling and merchant ships returning from the ends of the earth laden with exotic goods, barrels of whale oil,

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Food

Recipe: Apple Bread Brings Perfection to a Messy Kitchen

Berkshire native Alana Chernila, local politician, mother of two, and author of the new cookbook, The Homemade Pantry: 101 Foods You Can Stop Buying & Start Making (Clarkson Potter), dispenses change and cooking ideas at the Great Barrington Farmers’ Market. She shares her peak-of-the-season recipes with Rural

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Style

Oliphant: In Living Color

Cara Hotchkiss, jewelry designer and owner of the Litchfield store Oliphant, has always had a relentless penchant for color. “It's like a candy store. I love color, I’m not afraid of it.” With those bold, bright, blazing hues, Hotchkiss – London-born, San Francisco bred, Litchfield-based but

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Food

Forrest's Sidestreet Café

A classic canteen that preceded the trendy food trucks

By Lisa Green

Community

Made in the Berkshires Unites Artists of All Stripes

Barbara Sims and Hilary Somers Deely Two years ago, Stockbridge actress Hilary Somers Deely received a fateful phone call. Kate Maguire, the CEO and artistic director of the Berkshire Theater Group, wanted Deely to pioneer a new kind of arts festival—one that would pool the Berkshires’ wealth of visual

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Food

Food: Chili Cook-off Brings Secrets and Charity

Photo by James Czar Good chili is easy to make - some ground chuck, maybe pork, a can of beans, an Ancho chile or two – but it takes a special magic to make a transcendent chili. That perfect blend of heartiness and heat, two qualities cherished by “chili tribes” the world

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Parties

Hudson Opera House Jazz Gala is a Rhapsody in Blue

Dale Stewart reports from Hudson.The crisp fall evening cast a silvery-blue hue, as if in perfect alignment with the Hudson Opera House’s "Rhapsody in Blue" Jazz Gala, held for the second year in a row at the Basilica Hudson on Saturday, September 29. The former

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Parties

Art on the Farm at The Re Institute

Sarah Todd reports from Millerton.Three years ago, Millerton artist Henry Klimowicz (left) set about transforming his 1960s-era barn into a state-of-the-art exhibition space. Now The Re Institute, located on the 40-acre farm where Klimowicz lives with his wife, physician Kristie Schmidt, is a regular

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Arts

SculptureNow: Now!

"Stalking Cheetah" by Wendy Klemperer When people think of public art in small towns, they may conjure up images of statuesque bronzes to martyred saints such as the beautiful 1896 bronze of Saint Winifred by George E, Bissel, looking at the moment rather lonely (if not downright mopey)

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Community

Olanafest 2012: Eat for Art's Sake

“Edible art” is a term that’s bandied about quite a lot these days. Few, however, come as close to the concept as the trustees of Olana, the sprawling, architecturally beguiling estate that Hudson River School painter Frederick Church built for himself in 1870, set majestically on a sylvan hilltop

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Food

Recipe: Coconut Roasted Buttercup Squash

Berkshire native Alana Chernila, local politician, mother of two, and author of the new cookbook, The Homemade Pantry: 101 Foods You Can Stop Buying & Start Making (Clarkson Potter), dispenses change and cooking ideas at the Great Barrington Farmers’ Market. She shares her peak-of-the-season recipes with Rural

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Parties

Hungry for the Harvest at Berkshire Grown Fall Fundraiser

Fiona Breslin reports from Lenox.A crowd of chefs, foodies, and farmers filled Eastover's Tally Ho barn on Monday, September 24 for Berkshire Grown's 14th Annual Harvest Supper fundraiser. More than 20 restaurateurs, chefs, and farmers from across the county shared the spotlight as guests waltzed

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